Action in Yerevan in support of Nadezhda Savchenko (video)
A protest action has been held outside the Russian Embassy in Armenia with the demand to release Nadezhda Savchenko, officer of Ukrainian Army, who is kept in the prison of Donetsk. “Today brave woman, patriot, freedom fighter, Ukrainian officer Nadya Savchenko is judged under shameful conditions,” noted Tigran Khzmalyan, one of the action participants. 34-year-old pilot appeared in the Russian prison in July, 2014 and is charged with involvement in the murder of two journalists of “Rossia” state TV company and illegally crossing the border. Savchenko herself considers the accusation to be baseless by claiming that Russian separatists kidnapped her. “Imagine that in the territory of Armenia, Azerbaijani subversive group kidnaps an Armenian officer, takes into Azerbaijan and judges for defending the homeland,” notes Tigran Khzmalyan. The state prosecutor demands 23 years of imprisonment for her and the trial, according to her relatives, has been delayed. Being displeased with the course of trial Savchenko has held hunger strike and thirst strike starting from March 3. The trial on March 7 didn’t give her a chance to the last word, the next court hearing was postponed until March 9. According to the action participant Daniel Ioannisyan, the ongoing trial in Russia is illegal. “The alleged crime Savchenko is accused of took place in the territory of Ukraine, the territory, which is considered to be Ukrainian territory also from the official point of view of Russia. The Russian court has no power to judge.” Embassy of Russia didn’t react to the protest action.
